great depression

The Dust Bowl created a migration of people moving mainly

• east

• north

• south

• west

The phrase "buying on margin" refers to a way of purchasing

• stock

• land

• consumer goods

• food

To rebuild public confidence during the Great Depression, FDR gave a series of radio talks that were known as

• the New Deal

• fireside chats

• the Square Deal

• Wagner Acts

The practice of using borrowed money to fund programs that the government does not have enough income from taxes is called

• deficit spending

• buying on margin

• social security

• bank holidays

Which government agency established during the New Deal to restore public's confidence in banks still operates today?

• The Federal Reserve Board

• The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

• The Social Security Act (SSA)

• The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

What percentage of Americans were unemployed in 1933?

• 25%
• 35%
• 50%
• 2%

The President who was mostly blamed for worsening the Great Depression 

• Roosevelt 
• Eisenhower
• Hoover
• Jefferson

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What happened to bank customers in the 1930s?

• They asked the bank for loans to buy stocks.

• Their earned interest on their savings accounts.

• They sold their houses to the bank for a profit.

• Many of them lost their savings when the banks closed.

How is a depression different from a recession?

• A depression is worse than a recession.

• A recession is worse than a depression.

• They are not different- the words are synonyms.

• A depression happens more often than a recession.

he was the president during 1920

• George bush

• Herbert hoover

• George Washington

• Woodrow Wilson